Flier.



W. BATTEN FLIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.3,1912.

1,1 17,632, Patented Nov. 17, 19 14.

witnesses: Inventor.-

(/ itorney THE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTO-LITHCL. WASHINGTON, D r:

WILLIAM BATTEN, OF NEW YORK MILLS, NEW YORK.

FLIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1'7, 1914.

Application filed January 3, 1912. Serial No. 669,152.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAH BATTEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York Mills, in the county of Oneida, State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fliers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention is an improvement in the fliers of slubbing, intermediate and roving frames and jacks, and spinning-frames, namely, the various machines in which roving is drawn and twisted.

In accordance with my invention I provide a flier with a slug or bunch-catcher, which engages with a sing or bunch in the roving which is being twisted and wound, and operates to hold and detain the same so as to occasion the parting or breaking of the roving between the slug or bunch and the bobbin, and thereby prevent the slug or bunch from passing to and winding upon the bobbin.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawings, in which latter,

Figure 1 is an elevation of a flier having the said embodiment of the invention applied thereto, and indicating also a bobbin with roving wound thereon. Fig. 2 1s a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail illustrating more particularly the slug or bunch-catcher and its relation to an arm of the flier.

having reference to the drawings,at 1 is a bobbin upon which the twisted roving is wound, forming the wound roving mass 2, the roving on its way to the bobbin being marked 3. The flier shown in the drawings is of usual character, aside from having the invention applied thereto, its nose being marked --l, and 5 being its presser-carrying arm, 6 the presser carried by such arm, and 7 being the opposing or balancing arm. The roving enters the nose of the flier as usual by way of the axial opening of the said nose, and issues through the lateral opening at, from which it extends around the nose, on the outside of the latter, and thence to the tubular or shell-like portion of the presser-carrying arm 5, issuing at the lower end of the said arm, and passing then to and around the stem of the presser 6, and through the open slotted eye 6 of the presser, t0 the exterior of the mass of roving already carried by the bobbin, it is wound, all as usual.

At a is the slug or bunch-catcher. It consists of a piece of suitable hard material, preferably steel, having a narrow slit (1 made through the same from one surface thereof to the other. The catcher may be made of any approved material. The slit of the catcher is an open-ended one, to facilitate the slipping of the roving transversely into the same, and the entrance to such slit is in line with the threading slit 5 of the shell-like or tubular portion of the pressercarrying arm of the flier, or otherwise is so related to the said slit as to facilitate the operation of introducing the roving into the slit (6 of the slug or bunch-catcher at the time of passing the roving through the slit 5 of the flier-arm. In the present instance the catcher is formed as a separate piece, which is applied to the flier-arm at the upper end of the shell-like or tubular portion of said arm,and is secured in place by means of a projection a from the catcher occupying a hole in the flier-arm and made fast therein by riveting. The mode of applying the catcher and securing it in place may vary in practice, although the illustrated mode is convenient and advantageous, and facilitates the application of the catcher to fliers already in use. The number of projections a may be varied in practice, when this mode of attachment is adopted. In the present instance the upper end of the tubular or shell-like portion of the flier-arm is squared off and the catcher is fitted snugly against such end, which aids in retaining the catcher in proper position, and the catcher is protected more or less.

The catcher may be located at any convenient point upon the flier at a distance from the bobbin exceeding the length of staple of the roving. A distance exceeding the length of staple is advisable in order that the fibers of the roving may readily slip with reference to one another and pull apart when a lump or bunch in the roving becomes caught and held by the catcher. I prefer to locate the catcher at the upper end or top of the flier-arm, most advantageously upon the shoulder of the said arm and comparatively close to the axis of revolution of the flier. In this position the parting or breaking of the roving is more advantageously provided for, and the addition to the upon which catcher to a flier already in use has less effect in disturbing the balance of the flier, and requires less work in cutting away the material of the flier-arm for the purpose of balancing the flier, and also makes the application of a catcher to a flier easier and more convenient.

The slit a of 'the catcher is of a width proportioned to the size or range of sizes of the roving or rovings which are to be twisted and wound by means of the flier. The said slit may be either a straight one, as shown, or it may be curved. It is intended to be large enough for the roving to pass freely through, but not large enough to permit a slug or bunch to pass, and when a slug or bunch arrives at the catcher it will be prevented by the catcher from passing farther along toward the bobbin. The continued winding action will exert a strain upon the portion of roving between the bobbin and the catcher, and such strain will cause such portion of the roving to pull apart or break. The operative will then break away the slug or bunch, piece up the roving properly and rethread the flier, whereupon the operation of twisting and winding will proceed as before.

What is claimed is 1. A flier provided with a fixed arm and with a movable presser or guide which delivers the twisted roving to the bobbin on which it is wound, and further provided with a slug or bunch-catcher on the said fixed arm itself between the nose of the flier and the said movable presser or guide and thereby located at a distance from the delivery passage of the presser or guide exceeding the length of the staple being twisted.

2. A flier provided with a slug or bunchcatcher upon the shoulder at the upper end of the flier-arm.

3. In combination with a flier having a fixed arm and a movable presser or'guide which delivers the twisted roving to the bobbin on which it is wound, a slitted slug or bunch-catcher upon the said fixed flier arm itself and thereby located at a distance from the bobbin exceeding the length of staple.

at. In combination with a flier having a flier-arm with tubular portion provided with a threading-slit, a slug or bunch-catcher having a slit and located adjacent the upper end of such tubular portion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM BATTEN.

Witnesses CHAS. F. RANDALL, NATHAN B. DAY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 1 

